Bringing Home The Bacon

( earning money and taking it home for the family ... )

"Bringing home the bacon" is working hard and bringing home money to support the family. Example: "You work a lot of hours at this job." Reply: "I have to. I am bringing home the bacon."

You are "bringing home the bacon" when you go out, work hard and bring home money to support the family. Example: "I work day and night to bring home the bacon."

When you are working hard to bring home money to support your family, you are "bringing home the bacon". Example: Song from 1980s TV commercial: "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never never let you forget you're a man. I'm a woman.."